Abilene Slim SASS 81783

Didja notice there aren’t any knobs & tuner on the radio?

Ans now, back to our regular program!

Through the years, I’ve known some very wealthy people. A few are are content with their wealth. Many others would push you down a flight of stairs to pick up a twenty dollar bill dropped on the floor. That’s how they got rich. “Enough” isn’t part of their lexicon. No matter how much wealth is acquired, there’s always someone who has more. And to them, that’s intolerable and must be overcome. Adding on, to these folks, making more money is only reason for their existence. They don’t enjoy it in the sense that others do. The acquisition of the baubles and trinkets is the motivation, as they become bored with the item itself. Bezos doesn’t like sailing on his mega yacht. He likes showing the world he can buy one.

It’s always about profit. AB stock has taken a short term beating. People’s memories are shorter than a toddler and will forget, if they haven’t already. Gates: buy low, sell high.

Yeah, but I didn't make the connection to the meme. I used to have a number of his albums. Thought he was funny. Threw them out when he was convicted. What a dirtbag. To my knowledge, he hasn't been acquitted.

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Gorgeous.

What is that?

Can you please give some context and explain the joke? What is the bird and its reputation?

That’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are!

These days they don’t emerge in just 4 years, and they have 6 figures of debt.

Scariest bikes I ever rode were the 500cc and 750cc Kawasaki 2-stroke triples back in 1971. Blinding acceleration from 0 to death. Frightening handling above 80-90 mph on the street. The best high speed bike I rode was an ‘85 BMW K100. Rock Solid at 130mph. That’s been a lot of years ago. My children were young then and I realized a collision with a rabbit or squirrel could turn me into a greasy smear. Haven’t had the urge to do that since. Those were the days, huh?

Unfortunately, just about everything motorized then that was built in the US and some other Western countries was poorly assembled. Didn’t matter how innovative the engineering was if the manufacturing was crap. An acquaintance had purchased a new AMF Harley Sportster in 1976. It spent most of its first year at the dealer with myriad problems, so he got rid of it. Soured me on the brand. Adding on, from 1970-1980 I had owned a Honda motorcycle, a Plymouth Duster, and Triumph TR7. I sold a wonderful motorcycle to buy the new Duster. Piece of crap. I sold that to buy a new TR7 which was an even bigger piece of crap. The TR7 killed British Leyland. The crap Detroit built should have killed them and the Japanese products almost sealed the coffin. If it wasn’t for Japanese competition, Detroit would probably be a backwater.

Gee, that pic is from what, 40-50 years ago? These days, Mick doesn’t look any better than Mitch. And I’ll wager his brain is substantially addled by drugs. He’s been rode hard and put up wet. Yeah I know it’s a joke, but I’ve had a very full day today.

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Yup. Looks like the Wire sometimes…

The tank reads: Indian Hendee Mfg. Co. Springfield, Mass. This model is a 1908

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there!

Ya lost me at Legolas. Are those some kind of snap-together plastic blocks?

I’m betting a skilled sailor could get those undone before most of us could undo our belt and zipper.

Yup. That’s close to what I do it when visiting my mom. You have to be really vigilant, especially when inside city limits and close-in suburbs. My head is on a swivel and Glock ready to go.

Wouldn’t those handlebar streamers whip the snot out of the rider at street or highway speeds? Even worse with a cross wind?

The way kid is posed, it appears he’s dropping his first UA too.

I’m betting the handling on that “Fokker” is downright spooky at anything above parking lot speed. Can you imagine the aerodynamics with any kind of breeze? Hopefully those are detached before riding on the steet.